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Reno Piscopo was clearly unhappy as Ben Waine stepped to take a late spot kick and arguably distracted him. Coach Ufuk Talay was keen to play it down as his side won anyway.

The key midfielder hobbled off in the second half after winning a penalty but says his sore ankle should not rule him out of this weekend's clash against Central Coast.

New Phoenix recruit George Ott has always wanted to become a professional footballer, ever since he attended the same Hamilton school as All Whites star Chris Wood.

Callan Elliot and James McGarry are the frontrunners to start, while Louis Fenton is waiting for the results of scans on a knee injury.

Phillip Rollo18:53, Jul 09 2021 Jason McCawley/Getty Images Midfielder Clayton Lewis is one of six Wellington Phoenix players selected for the Tokyo Olympics. Wellington Phoenix could be forced to field a severely depleted team for their FFA Cup round of 32 game against either Newcastle Jets or Western United due a potential clash with the Tokyo Olympics. Newcastle and Western will meet in a playoff on the weekend of August 7-8 to determine who will face the Phoenix in the next round, but whil...

11 All Whites on board for the Tokyo Olympics, but long-term planning has led to the omission of the country's most talented youngster.

Phillip Rollo12:04, May 25 2021 Wellington Phoenix Academy player Ben Old striving for more games after surprise Wellington Phoenix debut. As he was not an official member of the Wellington Phoenix squad and only joined the team for training when they arrived home last week, Ben Old was reluctant to jump in their team photo with the Hurricanes last Thursday. The 18-year-old academy player was overheard saying “this doesn’t feel right” as he was ushered back onto the field in between the ...

A huge crowd turned out to welcome the Phoenix home, and what joy they had.

Wellington Phoenix celebrate homecoming with emphatic win over Western United. Wellington’s own Clayton Lewis was the hometown hero as the Phoenix marked their first game at Sky Stadium in 433 days with a scintillating 3-0 win over Western United on Saturday to keep their A-League finals series hopes alive. Playing his first game for the Phoenix in Wellington, Lewis got the club’s record regular season crowd of 24,105 on their feet when he took a pass from Steven Taylor, turned into space ...